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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

New Expanded Essay by Van James

Painting Problems: Making Aesthetic Sense of Colour

by Van James

Fig. 1. In kindergarten and pre-school children paint for the sheer enjoyment, without the need of a

structured painting “lesson.”

Have you ever heard the complaint, "Why do all the children's paintings look

the same?" If you've asked yourself this question after having viewed the work of

students in the lower grades of a Steiner-Waldorf school (the question rarely

arises with regard to the work of the upper grades) you're not alone. Why is it that

particularly in grades one through four the artistic work done in painting classes